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"Yes, give me the land That hath story and song, To tell of the strife Of the right with the wrong," More than ten years have passed away, and even now a throb of anguish thrills my heart as memory recalls that sad year of disaster which sealed the death-war rant of our short-lived nationality?the Southern Confederacy. The gallant Hood casting our all upon a hazardous venture had marched into Tennessee, and Gen. Sherman, the American Attilla, found it an easy matter to possess himself of the defenceless South from the moun? tains to the sea. His pathway through Georgia and Carolina was marked by devastation and " suffering. Burning cities, plundered farms, defenceless, .homeless, half-starved women and chil 'dren were left behind him as monuments ?of victory! But either to blame or de -fend Gen. Sherman is not our object in these pages?-to history we leave him. His soldiers were men with passions like our own, and oftitnes the Federal and the Confederate were children of one mother. Then let us not judge our fel? lows, but examining our own hearts and marking'all the evil of our sin-polluted souls, thank God that he raised up for us wise, humane, Christian leaders, and it may be that in denying us the triumph of our cause, a triumph so ardently cove? ted, so earnestly prayed for, He has in love and mercy delivered us from a terri? ble temptation?the temptation to tram? ple upon a fallen foe! But to return to bur story. Although the Southerners had but too good cause to dread the approach of Sherman and his myriads, yet in that army, there were some whose names are to-day household words iu many Southern homes and Southern voices speak with eloquent gratitude of the gentle courtesy and generous protection afforded the suf? fering and defenceless. One like unto these truly brave men finds a place in our story. He was a very young man of grave and lofty bearing, high courage and untarnished honor. He was held in great respect both by subordinates and commanding officers, although few were familiar with him, and many regarded him with envy and malice because his honorable deportment formed so marked a contrast to theirs, whose plans for illicit gain and oufrage he often foiled. His sobriquet among his envious fellows was "the modern Dca Quixote," and more than one Southern woman had cause to remember with gratitude their chivalric protection from insult and wrong by the grave young Colonel. , The conquering army had marched through the "Empire State" with fire and sword, and had scourged with re? morseless hate the devoted Palmetto land. Women and children trembled with fearful abhorrence at the words "Sherman" and "Yankees," for the cords which had bound us iu the ties of a once glorious brotherhood were broken and forgotten, and rapine and murder ruled the hour. Few remembered or thought of the truth and holiness of the senti? ment so sweetly expressed by the noble poet:' "The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore." Before daylight one morning the in? habitants of the little town of C-, in the up-country of Carolina, were alarmed by the exciting rumors, "the Yankees are coming!" In a comfortable cottage omee on the outskirts of the same town Mrs. Maham and her daughter had found a pleasant place of refuge with a patriotic and kind-hearted lady who lived alone, her busband and only child (a son) being both of them in the Confederate Army. Mrs. D-, although not wealthy, lived in generous ease and affluence, and it was for companionship in her loneliness as well as her desire to show a kindness to poor refugees that she afforded an asylum to the strangers. * The change in the winter from the low country to the cold and rainy climate of the up country had proved unfavorable to Mrs. Mahara's health. She contracted a violent cold which culminated into ty? phoid pneumonia, and for weeks her phy? sicians and friends deemed recovery al? most impossible. Only a few days before the invasion of their town, her symptoms had become more hopeful, and the Doc? tors had said that with close, careful nursing and perfect quiet she might over? come the disease. Much of the suffering her people had beeu enduring under Federal military rule had been concealed from her. Poor Marion! In her moth? er's room she wore a smiling, hopeful face, while her heart was bowed down in anxiety for that precious mother's recov? ery ; with grief for her country's woes, and the most painful solicitude for her soldier brother, of whose welfare they had not heard one word since leaving Berkley. "My dear child!" exclaimed Mrs. D-, hurriedly entering the parlor, where Marion was resting on a lounge after administering an opiate, and seeing her mother fall into a deep, calm slum? ber, "what shall we do? how can we keep your dear mother quiet? There is not a doubt of it, the Federals will be in C-before evening, and then who will insure to Mrs. Maham the quiet which she needs to save her life?" "Missie! Missic! the Yankees arc in town! Sec, some of them are insight! they are coming right here!" cried Nel? lie,-Marion's maid, rushing into the par? lor, and speaking in a voice almost breathless with fear Ofd excited curi? osity. "0, my child ! my dearest child! what shall we do? It will be the death of your dear mother I" cried the excited old lady, wringing her hands and weeping piteously. "They will go into her very chamber, and no one can prevent it!" moaned the agitated Mrs. D-. "0, Missie!" screamed the girl, "dey is at de gate!" "Hush, Nellie, hush!" said Marion, in a tone of gentle command, then turning, she said: "They shall not go in mother's room, if a daughter's love and courage, with God's help, can prevent it." The poor girl spoke bravely, but her face was very white, and her woman's heart trem? bled with fear. "0, child, child, you cau't prevent it! I You are too sweet, and pure, and beauti? ful to encounter that fiendish band ! Oh! I what shall we do ?" "Let us look to our Father for protec? tion, dear friend," said the girl, gently putting her arm around Mrs. D?-, and kissing her. "I will go up stairs, and prepare mamma for the intruders, and you stay here and try to procure a guard for the house. It will be our best aud only plan." As calmly and quietly as her terror would permit, Marion entered her moth? er's room to break to her the dreadful tidings. The poor invalid lay in a deep and untroubled sleep, and over the color leas .lips there even hovered a smile. The brave, unselfish child stood and gazed a moment on her beloved patient, then turning away, she softly murmured: "Oh, I cannot awaken her, she sleeps so sweetly! Sleep on, precious mother, and take your rest. I will trust in Him on whom you have taught me to call when in trouble." She then quietly and carefully placed a small six shooter in her pocket, and left the room. Softly closing the door, she entered an adjoining room, which also opened on a hall or passage leading to the stairway. It was in this room Mari? on determined to make her resistance, for only through the hall and that room could the intruders reach Mrs. Maham's chamber. Our heroine bolted the door, anxiously examining her pistol to see' that it was all right, then seating herself by the table and bowing her head on an open Bible which lay upon it, she lifted her heart in fervent prayer for almighty aid in this hour of>ranger. Suddenly she heard the heavy tread of armed men entering the house, fol loved by a dreadful bustling and confu? sion, as of men walking from room to room in hurried search; the noise, min? gled with horrid oaths and imprecations, continued for what seemed to the fright? ened girl an interminable time. But, oh, terrible! she hears them at the foot of the stairs, and Mrs. D-'s frightened voice pleading with them not to go up. Ah! how distinctly she hears every word, every sound, even the beating of her unruly heart, which thumps so fast and so loudly, it nearly chokes her. But the Yankees! the dreaded Yankees! are at the door of the room, and poor Mrs. D-pleads in vain I They try the latch, but finding the door boiled, they rap loudly and rudely with their rifles. One fervent ejaculation, one upward glance of faith, and the trem? bling girl opens the door, taking care, however, even in her alarm to place her? self in the doorway, and holding the door-shutter with one hand. Almost unearthly was the maiden's beauty as she stood frightened, but dig? nified and calm before those rude sol? diers. Her complexion was as white as sculptured marble, her beautiful lips wore a cold and stern expression, while her eyes seemed uncertain whether they should speak defiance or utter gentle pleading. But the woman and the daughter mastered the heroine. In soft entreaty she spoke: "Soldiers, my dear mother lies ill in the adjoining room, and her very life depends upon perfect quiet. Listen to my entreaties and do not come here; leave us, oh, leave us, I beseech you! 0, be courteous, if you are brave men, be pitiful!" Her dignity, her pure and intellectual beauty had for a moment awed the brutes. But the effect was only momentary, for with a horrid imprecation, one who wore a captain's uniform and seemed the leader of the robber band advanced towards the door, saying : "By Jupiter! here is the beauty we have been so long promised! Now, boys, we'll, seek the booty! Come, pretty one, hand over the diamonds, the rubies and the pearls with which you have been wont to add lustre to your peerless South? ern beauty ! hand over the gold and sil? ver dollars from your treasury. Don't dream, my rebel fair one, you can't come your gush over me by your doleful tales of a sick mamma. Let us pass into the room like gentlemen, and when we have secured the rebel gold, we will return to you and expect to be entertained by rebel beauty and wit." At the first rude word the shy, soft gazelle-like light faded from the girl's beautiful eyes; their very color changed from a deep and tender blue to a cold, steel gray, and from beneath their long, dark laches flashed the determined and undaunted spirit of her kinsman?old Hezckiah Maham* one of the Carolina heroes of 76. With a dexterous move *An anecdote is related of this brave soldier too amusing to bo rcprossed, and showing the "crude uotions of the duties of a citizen" held by those stern old militaries after the bold struggle, of '76. After the war Col. Maham found hiraselfindebtcd and his creditors importunate. Recourse was had to le?al process, and a SheritT's officer proceeded to serve him with a writ. One morning just as the Colonel was about to sit down to breakfast, a stranger was announced. He went out to give him a hospitable greeting, and was instantly wrved with a writ. The old whig surveyed tho document with feelings of astonish? ment aud indignation. That he who had pcrriled his life and fortune in defence of his country's liberties should thus be bearded in his own castle, and threatened with the loss of his own, was a thought not to be borne, aud ho instantly deter? mined to make the unfortunate instrument of his creditor the victim. Ho returned the parchment to the officer with an order (and the Colouel never gave a v?iu >rder) that he should instantly swallow It; and when the dry n>eal was fairly giilphed, he brought the loan into tho house, and gave him good liquor to wa: h It down.?Historical Sketches of Cm ten Ojitntt. ment she drew from her pocket, which was concealed in the folds of her skirt, a Smith and Wesson's pistol, cocked it, and presenting it with a steady hand and calm dignified manner, said: "The first man who advances one step nearer will lose his life by a woman's hand. I ap? pealed to you as men and soldiers; you have replied like fiends and robbers! I have six balls; I am a practised and sure shot; and,-above all else, the God of Heaven is my shield and defence." All men. even barbarians, respect brav? ery, and those rude men, the brutal Cap? tain not excepted, gazed admiringly on the girl, seemingly awed by her courage, which grew greater with the increasing danger, and spell-bound by her beauty, which the excitement had made radiant. "By Jove, I will not be foiled by such a chit!" exclaimed Capt.Bannet,fiercely, awakening suddenly from the momentary trance into which he had been thrown by the girl's courage and beauty. "I, too, can show a pistol. Dare you oppose us? we are seven men, and soldiers of the conquering Sherman! You are but a slender girl. Your resistance is vain; it will but cost you your life." Scornfully the red lips curled: "Were I a soldier or a man, I would deem my? self craven-hearted to fight women!? Death is ever the welcome friend of the oppressed; he comes but once, and I do not fear him," she boldly replied. Irritated by the heroic woman's fearless scorn, the Captain drew his pistol, but before he could present it, a voice in tones of stern command, exclaimed: "Hold!" The astonished ruffians turned and beheld with evident consternation on the first step of the stairway a young man of lofty statute and commanding bearing, dressed in the uniform of a Federal Colonel. "Soldiefs," he said, in tones of re? proachful admonition, "you whose ban? ners are inscribed with Atlanta and Sa? vannah?victories bravely won over gal? lant men?do I now find you engaged in the cowardly work of insulting and pil? laging defenceless women? My brave boys, this should not be. Shame upon the man against whom a timid woman finds it necessary in self-defence to gird her with a soldier's weapon and a soldier's courage! Return to your command, and act so as to make yourselves worthy the proud names of 'soldier' and 'man.' You, Captain," he continued, after fir*t casting an admiring glance at the young girl, which glance was quickly changed into an expression and smile of mingled irony and contempt, as he addressed Captain Bcnnet, "may make yourself easy; your ambitious thirst for fight and fame (if our scouts report true) will be indulged full soon by an, encounter with a more numerous though scarce a more valiant foe! 'Tis said the gallant Hampton will cross our path ere long. Seven to one, and that one a woman, is hardly a brave or a fair fight!" "Yet, 'tis the way we Southerners ever meet your swarming myriads," said the girl quickly. "You have got the woman's tongue for your pains, Colonel," sneeringly replied Capt. Bennet, touching his hat, "Good morning" as he went down stairs, and muttering in low tones: "Hubert Gray shall yet rue this day or my name is not Jonathan Bennet." "Marion! Miss Maham ! why do I find you here ?" "God bless you, Colonel, for your timely aid!" said Mrs. D-, with a long drawn sigh of relief, interrupting Col. Gray's exclamation. Then, offering her hand to the Federal officer, she said: "I do not often desire to clasp the hand of a Yankee, but we Bebels as you call us, Colonel, know how to appreciate a true man and a brave man in friend or foe!" Marion, now that all danger was over, had shrunk again into the retiring, timid girl; but the loud and fervent blessings poured out by the hitherto frightened and silent Mrs. D-, gave her courage to express her gratitude. Hastily put? ting down her pistol on a chair near by, her beautiful eyes suffused with tears, and her lovely face glowing with excite? ment, she approached Colonel Gray with both hands extended, and exclaimed: "My brother's friend, arid our deliverer! how can I thank you ?" "You owe me no thanks, dear Miss Maham. I am only too happy in being permitted to serve my old friends and the friends of Walter Maham. If you are indebted at all it is to your servant Croppo. The faithful fellow recognized me as I was riding through the town, endeavoring to check the work of de? struction in which our soldiers are en? gaged. He came up to my horse, and putting his hand respectfully but firmly on my bridle, stopped the horse and said iu a low and agitated voice: 'Massa Hubert, you 'member me ? I'se Croppo, from Buckley Hall; Col. Maham's sar vant. My lubly young lady, Miss Mari? on, is in a bad place. Come wid me quick, Colonel, but don't let your sogcrs know Croppo send you.' The sweet memories of Berkley, and the thought of Walter Maham's sister in danger stirred my soul! I lost no time, but quickly fol? lowed the faithful slave. Just before we reached flic gate, ho pointed with his hand saying: "Dat is dc house; go up stairs," and then disappeared. He is evidently afraid of our soldiers. But where is your gentle mother?" "Ah ! dear mamma, I must go to her. She has been and is still very sick. It was to prevent your soldiers from enter? ing her chamber that you found me in such warlike attitude. Mamma will be anxious to sec our Walter's friend.? When may we hope to see you again?" she asked timidly. "If it be not too disagreeable to you, ladies, to accommodate a Yankoc officer," he answered confusedly, "I would like to make this house my headquarters while wc remain in C--." Then, as if in apology, he added : "It is the best, and indeed the only way I can secure you from intrusion." "This is Col. Gray, the friend of my brother Walter, of whom you have heard mamma speak so often," said Marion, turning to Mrs. D-, and introducing the Colonel. Then, addressing Colonel Gray, she said: "Mrs. D-? is the lady of the house, and our kind hostess. You may be able to arrange with her for ac? commodations. I must return to mam? ma." Col. Gray found Mrs. D-not only willing, but only too delighted to furnish the courteous and friendly Yankee Col. with a chamber in her house and a seat at her table. "He," she afterwards priv? ately confided to Marion, "I do sincerely believe to be the only real gentleman that army contains, and as much out of his element as 'righteous Lot' must have been in Sodom." Marion returned to her mother's room, and found her beloved patient just awakening from a refreshing sleep, and ready to greet her child with a bright and cheerful smile. Not one word had she heard of the terrible fracas which had passed so near her, and had almost proved a bloody tragedy. "Dear mamma, you look so much bet? ter ! Have you really been sleeping all this while? I am so very glad of it! Just think of it, mamma, the Federals are in C-. They have come at last, and your desire to see Hubert Gray will be gratified in a few hours. He lodges here to afford us his protection." Marion spoke rapidly, trusting by the mingling of bad and good news to break the shock of the enemy's advent in C-. She spoke what she considered such dreadful tidings in a calm and matter of fact voice. The ruse succeedeu admirably. "Hubert Gray! my child, my Walter's friend!" exclaimed Mrs. Haham. "Bring him to me! Let me bless and thank him for his kindness to my dying boy!" In her eagerness to see her son's friend Mrs. Maham seemed to have ignored the presence of the dreaded and dreadful army, and the anxious daughter found another cause for gratitude in the renewal of her acquaintance with Col. Gray. "Col. Gray says the army will not trou? ble us very long," continued Marion in an ordinary conversational tone. "We arc truly fortunate in being provided with a guard, and in securing the Colonel as a boarder. He says he will return here in an hour or two, and will be most happy to renew hL.; acquaintance with you. He is much changed, mamma. I did not know him until he spoke, and then I re? called the full rich tones of his voice, (I have heard the Western people are re? markable for their full, rich voices.) He has grown much taller, too, or appears to be so, and tho lines about his face are stern, hard and care-worn. He has en? tirely lost his joyous, boyish look." Thus Marion continued to chat and amuse her invalid, while her heart swelled with gratitude to Him who had sent her help in her terrible need. Mrs. D-having satisfied herself that her sick friend had suffered no injury from the noise of the soldiers, hastened down stairs to prepare for the entertain? ment of her new guest. From room to room she went, and what a scene of con? fusion met her sight. Feather-beds and mattresses ripped and their contents scat? tered on the floors, bureau drawers pulled open, chairs turned upside down, many of them thrown out of the windows, crockery broken, sheets, pillow-cases, towels, &c, torn into slivers; everything indicated that the sacred precincts of a quiet, well-kept and orderly home had been invaded by rude, coarse men, who were actuated by an evil spirit of wanton malice. She rang the house Dell again and again, but no servants answered the Mistress' call. She went into the kitchen, and there a like scene of disorder, waste and destruction met her view. All of the servants?men, women and children ?had left the premises, attracted to the the Yankee camps by a "divine call," as some really, but the majority feigned to believe. They wildly declared the first blast of Gabriel's Trumpet had blown. Mrs. Maham's carriage-driver alone remained at his post, and even he seemed doubtful whether he was acting right in holding back when the glorious summons had reached them of a wonderful freedom offered to him and to all, for which no price was to be paid by him, save the I faithless abandonment of his suffering and much-loved mistress in her hour of sorrow. Croppo had borne the re? proaches of his fcllow-scrvants, and had bravely declared his resolution to stick to his "white folks;" but left alone, anxi? ety, irresolution and fidelity fought a ter? rible fight in the breast of the faithful but ignorant slave. His home at old Berkley, the sports of his boyhood with "Mass Harry," who was the very pride of his heart, the whoop and halloo after the fox and deer by the old Santce, all came back to the poor fellow's vision, clothed in bright colors, and he deter? mined to be faithful Croppo. But, then, again, "these geinmans?the Yankees? had come all the way from the Nor'ard to give poor nigger freedom." It was true, Croppo was a gentleman's servant, and he did not think their friends behave much like gentlemen, but bis black preachers said the good Lord had scut them, to call his people out of Egypt; and freedom must be a great thing since he was told Murster and Mass Walter had lost their lives for it. "Well, well," he murmured, after bat? tling with contending feelings, "I will stand by my good Missus as long as she is in furrin parts." Mrs. D-found him crouched up iu the darkest corner of the wide kitchen chimney, his head clasped between his hands in an attitude of sorrowful aban? donment. Instinctively she read his feelings, and approaching him offered hor hand, saying: "God bless you, Crop? po, for your noble fidelity to your mis. tress! Fear not, my good fellow, but you will be richly rewarded both here and hereafter!" "It was nuttin, nuttin Ma'am, to speak of?only Croppo's duty." It was "only Croppo's duty," but the sweet words of commendation had fallen like oil on the troubled waters of his heart, and before them the evil spirit of irresolution melted away. It was "only Croppo's duty," but his faithful perform? ance of duty had boen appreciated, and he was ready to say, "faithful unto death." Rising from his scat he politely en? quired : "Can I 'sist you in any way, Ma'am?" Frankly Mrs. D-accepted his prof? fered services, and when he heard "Massa Hubert" was the expected guest, bis alac? rity became absolutely lively, for he de? clared, "it will be 'most like bcin' at Buckley, if it wa'ntfur do ah'my." Poor Croppo, in your humble, sphere of servant, hiw many of your lowly race merited the gentle "well done," so sweet to the listener's ear; and in years to come, when the little ones, the descend? ants of "our brave boys," gather around their grandames chairsto hearken to the thrilling tales of the "great war" for Southern liberty, how many recitals of faithful "Bens," "Bills," "Bobs," and others, will cause the young hearts to swell with admiring gratitude towards the faithful slaves, who, in those four years of bloody strife, were the friends and^upporters of the Southern soldiers' families, and the devoted attendants by the sides of their sick, wounded and dying masters, in camps, in hospitals and on the battle-fields. Even now when the ignorant negro, influenced by political trickery and the scalawag's cunning and malice, has turned against his whilom friend and master, and our hearts swell with bitter wrath against the vile trick? sters and the false slave, memory, sweet memory softens the wrathful thought in recalling the happy past, and with it the black face of some loved Dina or Sambo, whose broad grin of loyal affection was ever ready to greet us, and gave addition? al brightness to our glad, glad homes? those old plantation homes I TO BE CONTINUED. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. Speech of Dr. W. C. Brown before the Anderson Democratic Clhb. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : I rise to-uight to thank you for your presence, and to return my most sincere thanks to the members of the Democratic Club of Anderson Court House for the unmerited compliment which they have thought fit to confer on me by selecting me to address you on this the one hun? dred and forty-fourth anniversary of the birthday of the great George Washington ?the father of his country. This night one hundred and forty-four years ago the winds that swept over Westmoreland county, Virginia, sang lullabys to his in? fant greatness, whilst the cataracts, which thundered from the steep gorges of the snow-clad summits of the Alleghany mountains, whose peaks towered up in the distance amid the clouds, hastened to swell the waters of the beautiful Potomac, which rushed its meandering banks, ac? companied by the howl of the wolf and the whoop of the savage, to join in the common melody. His parents, no doubt, rejoiced over his birth, never dreaming of his future glory and greatness. Little did his mother think that she was cherishing a prince, who, in after times, s hould wield a power too mighty for the throne upon which the King of England then sat, and against which he would hurl the thun? derbolt of his future vengeance. Little did she think that he was to break the chains and*burst asunder the bands which the tyrants of the mother country were then forging; but such was the fact. He soon grew up to be a mighty conqueror. Not like an Alexan? der, who conquered the world and wept that there was not another one to conquer, but whose brilliaut and youthful sun was suddenly obscured by self-indulgence, dissipation and crime; not like a Hanni? bal, who led in triumph his victorious army over the lofty and rugged summits of the Alps, which slumber in eternal snow, and upon which the foot-print of man had never before been made, and penetrated the very heart of Rome, and made even the city of Rome, the then mistress of the world, tremble at his iron tread, but whose brilliant career and con sumatc generalship was obscured and darkened by luxury and crime; nit like the great Napoleon Bonaparte, who snorted with empires and kingdoms as a child sports with its playthings, and at whose very name every king of Europe trembled upon his throne, but who de? luged all Europe with sorrow, bloodshed and crime, but who, like the brilliant meteor which flashes across the heavens, sunk down and died in obscure and lone? ly exile. But like unto whom? Like unto a Washington. For there is none to whom I can compare him, as he has had no su? perior. In a moral point of view he stands forth in his pyramidal greatness, shining with all the brilliaucy of a sun, whose radiant beams of light have uever been obscured by mists, vapors or clouds. In a martial point of view he still retains his monumental greatness, notwithstand? ing difficulties arose mountain high be? fore him. Having a small and undis? ciplined army, badly armed, scarcely fed and so poorly clad that their course could be traced over the snow and ice during the cold and dreary winter by the blood which issued from the bare feet of* that noble band of p;i>riots; but, notwith? standing all this, he carried the American flag, ana waved it iu triumph over many hardly contested and blood-stained bat? tlefields of the old revolutionary war, until the young American eagle flopped her golden wings in glorious triumph over thu roaring lion of Great Britian, and forced him to lie an humble supnlc ant at her feet The threats and gold of kings, the clash of the bayonet, the roar of small arms and the thunder of cannons, combined with groans and shrieks of the wounded and dying, could not turn him from the path" of duty and right. He was as steady as the needle to the pole. He made for himself a name which has been chanted by tonguos of admiring millions in all countries, and which will live and ho cherished when earthly mon? uments and pyramids shall have* mini. bled to dust, and oblivion may have swept away names of those they , were in? tended to perpetuate. In a political point of view he has a reputation, and has assumed a high posi? tion which even the kings of the earth, who sit upon their thrones surrounded by all the splendor which royalty can give, their palaces shining with prccious stones, and abounding in diadems and crowns, sparkling with jewels and diamonds, do even envy. He helped to lay the pillars upon which this mighty Republic has rested for the last one hundred annual revolu? tions of this earth, and formed a nation which has no parallel in point of success, in the annals of history. Her flag floats proudly and triumphantly over every sea, and is not only respected but feared by every nation upon this globe. This flag has floated upon the breeze of every clime as the insignia of the free and the home of the oppressed of all nations. This is what the immortal George Washington intended it to be; but I blush to-night, and my cheeks are man? tled with shame, when I am forced to say that one of the original stars which form? ed that brilliant constellation of which historians have proudly written, poets have sweetly sung and orators have elo? quently proclaimed, is dimmed by op? pression and obscured by misrule. It has been taken out of the hands of the de? scendants of our Marions, our Sumters, our Finkncys, our Haynes, our McDuffies, our Hamptons and our Calhouns, and has fallen into the hands of a set of foul vul? tures and cormorants, who are this night feasting on its very heart's blood, and are forcing burdens on us through the tax gatherers, which would have made the great heart of Washington beat tumul tuously and furiously, and he would have sworn by the God that rules on high that he would be free. The effects of their misrule and dishonesty is felt and seen by all, for our once happy and prosperous State is now being ground to powder be? neath the tyrant's wheel; our academies, colleges and universities are dwindling into insignificance; our villages, towns and cities are becoming old and dilapi? dated; our railroads are becoming dan? gerous and almost impassable, whilst a cloud of gloom and despondency, as dark as Egyptian darkness overshadows our once beloved and prosperous State from the sea-board to the mountains, and a swarm of carpet-baggers and scalawags stalk at large like the demons of the in? fernal regions, inciting the ignorant mas? ses to commit crimes so cruel and flagi? tious in their nature, as if it were possible to make demons blush, or strike grating? ly on the sympathy of friends. I call on every honest man here to? night to rally around the Democratic banner, and not to be deceived by the syren song of independent candidates, or of reform in the Republican party, its those are great rocks against which the ship of State has been wrecked for the last five years. But let us swear in the sight of heaven to-night that we will re? form this State during this great centen? nial year, and that we will be free, or that the last sun that rises this year shall shine upon our newly made graves. If | our State was reformed, and we had an honest State government, a bright and glorious future would soon shine upon us ; our old fields and waste lands would soen bloom like a garden; the hum of | machinery would be heard from all our splendid water powers; villages, towns and cities would spring up every where: academies, universities, colleges ana churches would decorate and beautify our whole land; the silvery moon, the gentle queen of night, while she forms in order the brilliant stars which bespangle the heavens, and hastens on in her ethe rial course athwart the skies, would shed smilingly her gentle and silvery rays upon us, a prosperous and happy people; and the brilliant sun, the fiery king of day, as he rides in his heavenly chariot, dispensing heat, light and blessings on all mankind, would not shine upon a better country than South Carolina. "ADDITION, DIVISION, SILENCE." Gen. Belknap, Secretary of Wtfr, Im? peached for Corruption. Washington, March 2. In the House, Clymer, of Pennsyl? vania, presented resolutions of impeach? ment against Wm. W. Belknap, late Sec? retary of War, for high crimes and mis? demeanors in office. In the midst of great excitement, and wilh an unusual stilluess in the House, Clymer rose and said: "I ask permission of the House to make a report from the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department of so grave importance that I am quite certain that when it is heard the House will agree that I am justified in asking that permission at this time." Permission was given, and Clymer, ta? king his position at the Clerk's desk, read the following report: The committee found, at the very threshold of its investigation, such un? questioned evidence of the malfeasance of Gen. Wm. W. Belknap, then Secreta? ry of War, that they found it their duty to lay the same before the House. They further report that this day, at 11 o'clock, a letter of the President of the United States was presented to the committee accepting the resignation of the Secreta? ry of War, together with a copy of his letter of resignation, which the President informed the committee was accepted about 10.20 this morning. They, there? fore, unanimously report and demand that the said Wm. W. Belknap, late Sec? retary of War, be dealt with according to the law of the land, and to that end submit the testimony in the case, taken together with the several statements and exhibits thereto attached, and also a re? script of the proceedings of the commit? tee had during the investigation of this Hubject, and submit the following resolu? tions : Resolved, That Wm. W. Belknap, late Secretary of War, be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors in office. Resolved, That the testimony in the e ise of Wm. W. Belknap, late Secretary uf War, be referred to the Judiciar Committee, with instructions to prepai and report, without unnecessary delay, suitable articles of impeachment of said Win. W. Belknap, late Secretary of War. Resolved, That a committee of five members of the House be appointed and instructed to proceed immediately to the bar of the Senate, and there impeach Wm. W. Belknap, late Secretary of War, in the name of the people of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors when in oltico, and to inform that body that formal articles of impeachment will, in due time, be presented, aud to request the Senate to take such order in the premises as I hey may deem appropriate. Mr. Clymer then proceeded to read the testimony of Caleb P. Marsh, taken yes? terday before the committee, showing that he had paid Secretary Belknap about $20,000 in consideration of his appoint? ment as post trader of Fort Sill, Indian Territory. The rending was listened to with intense interest by the members of | the House, and by a large audience in the galleries. In the more pathetic por? tions of the narrative, Mr. Clymer was frequently forced, by his feelings, to pause until his voice recovered from its trcmulousness, and himself from his agi? tation. Ai the close ot the reading, and after many members who had taken up positions near the Clerk's desk, the better to hear, had returned to their proper scats, Clymer, who had also gone to his own seat, again rose and said, with great emotion : Mr. Speaker, I would not, if I could, and I could not, in my present condition, If I would, add anything to the facts just reported to the House. Another occa? sion may be afforded me to do so. They are so plain that everywhere throughout this broad laud, and throughout Chris? tendom, wherever the English language is read or spoken, they will, for long years, constitute a record of official cor? ruption and crimes such as there is no parallel in our own history or in that of any other country, that I know of. If in this hour one sentiment of pity, one word of sympathy, could find utterance from me, it would be because I felt that the late Secretary of War is but the proper outgrowth of the true exponent of the corruption, extravagance and the mis government that have cursed this land for years past. That being my own re? flection, I will discharge my duty best to myself and to this House by demanding the previous question on the adoption of the resolutions. Bobbins spoke of the report as present? ing a case of great shame and disgrace to all American citizens. As to the ques? tion of the impeachability of an officer who had resigned, he was not prepared to speak worthily, except to suggest that it could be true that an officer who was being investigated and who had been found by the evidence to he a criminal could flee from justice. He alluded to what he called the unseemly acceptance of Secretary Belknap's resignation, and referred to the English cases of Warren Hastings and Lord Francis Bacon, both of whom had been impeached after they had ceased to hold the offices in which they committed crimes and misdemean? ors. Bass, of New York, another member of the committee, questioned the statement of the chairman, Mr. Clymer, as to this case having no parallel, and said that he would not have to leave his own borders in order to find not only a parallel for it, but that he could find cases compared with which this case was as white as the driven snow. He admitted that a mere statement of this case, as presented by the testimony, was sufficient to justify every member to vote for the resolutions presented. Lamar, of Mississippi, inquired from Bass his opinion as to the impeachability of a resigned officer. Bass replied that the English authori? ties seemed to maintain the jurisdiction of impeachment in such cases, but that, in this country, it was an unadjudicated 3uestion, and one that was not free from oubt, but his own best judgment was in favor of the right to impeach, and to let the question be adjudicated by the Senate. Hoar, of Massachusetts, in reference to a casual remark of some member as to this being a political question, entirely disclaimed and repudiated such an idea. On the point of the impeachability of a person not in office, he referred to the case of Whittemore, of South Carolina, in which the House had determined that the formal actual renunciation of an of? fice terminated the office, and that any American citizen could lay down an office held by him without any acceptance of his resignation. Judge Storey bad laid down the doctrine that it could not be done in England, but there any citizen could be impeached; therefore, the Eng? lish cases of Warren Hastings and Lord Bacon did not apply. In America, no man could be impeached but a civil offi? cer, and when he ceased to be a civil offi? cer, he ceased to be within the literal de? scription of the constitution. In this country, the only judgment that could be rendered in an impeachment case was removal from office and future disqualifi? cation for holding office, but by the stat? utes, a person guilty of such offenses could be indicted, tried and sentenced by the criminal courts of the country. He protested against hot haste in this matter without having the testimony printed. He thought such haste unworthy of this grave question, and if he stood alone, he would still stand here to say so. Blackburn, of Kentucky, another mem? ber of the committee, expressed his satis? faction that the report which had been read by his colleague (Clymer) showed to the world that nothing had been left un? done by the committe to shield and shel? ter from dishonor every person except the one whom it was the duty of the com? mittee to investigate and report upon. He would not consent that the gentle? man from Massachusetts should make this a political or a partisan question. He would not consent that his side of the House should be placed in the position of prosecutors and the other side should take up the position of defenders. It was a question which addressed itself alike to every member of the House. He re-1 garded the case as an unprecedented one in more respects than one. The action I CiL T?_* J_A. ?__C1__i._ Belknap's resignation under the circum? stances was unprecedented, and this was the first instance in the history of the country where any man claiming man? hood and holding an exalted station had sought to shelter himself from legitimate investigation by interposing the dishonor of a wife. [This remark created quite a sensation.] Passing to the question of the impeachability of Belknap, he sug? gested that the question, as Judge Storey had intimated, might properly be leftvto the decision of the Senate. On such a state of facts, would the House be asked to shrink from the performance of its duty because there might be the mist or shadow of a doubt on that point? The House could not do so; it would not be admissible. He quoted from the im? peachment trial of Lord Bacon, in which it was stated, that when the Lord Chan? cellor had sought to save himself by a resignation of his high office, the attempt was vain, as the king did not and could told that the man in power at the other end of the avenue was able to rob an Vmerican Congress of the right and power which the king of Great Britain could not take from Parliament ? [Sen? sation and applause.] It used to be the cry that the king could do no wrong. If the man who had uttered the memorable sentence "Let no guilty man escape" held it in his power to rob an American Congress of tue right to inflict punish? ment or to pronounce censure on a pub? licly convicted criminal, where was the barrier to be found beneath whose shel? ter the liberties of the people could rest secure ? [Applause.] Hoar?Docs the gentleman say that Congress has the power to punish any man in this country? Blackburn?I will not submit to inter? ruption. I am the last man who would introduce an atom of politics into this discussion. It is not admissible here. The Republican members of the commit? tee were as earnest and honest in the prosecution of this inquiry and in the Ercsentation of this report as the mem crs representing the majority of this House. We have seen no difference in the committee rooms. I appeal to the members of the House that there shall be of the President Was the House to be no difference manifested here. If fraud has been perpetrated; if criminality ex? ists; if corruption has been proved, let the representatives of the people in this House so declare it, and send the issue to the court where it may finally be tried; and if we are unable to punish where guilt is most openly confessed, let the re? sponsibility for that failure rest on other shoulders than ours. Danforth, of Ohio, another member of the committee, expressed it as his judg? ment that the acceptance of Mr. Belk nap's resignation in no manner changed the position of that officer to the coun? try. He disagreed, however, with the statement of the chairman (Clymer) that the conduct of this officer was the legiti? mate outgrowth of the principles of the arty in power, and he expressed the ope that there would not be a single vote on the Republican side of the House against the resolutions. Kasson, of Iowa, said that a few years ago there had gone from his State a young, well educated and gallant gentle? man, to fight the battles of his country. He bad gone through the war, and the President had afterwards called him to a seat in his Cabinet, placing him at the head of that army of which he had been an humble but somewhat distinguished member. This morning, for the first time, the delegation from Iowa had heard that that gentleman, who had been so much respected in his own State and so much honored by the nation, had been guilty of receiving a compensation for some act of official duty, and that that compensation had been continuous. He did not desire to claim any exemption for Mr. Belknap from all the penalties to which his acts entitled him, but he found the most painful feature, disclosed by the evidence, to be the fact that not one word of it touched the officer in ques? tion until the death, which broke a heart, had occurred. [Sensation.] He asked the attention of the House to the ques? tion whether the House did not need more time to ascertain if this offense be impeachable. After quoting from Judge Storey on this point be argued that the powers of Congress were limited by the constitution, and that if Mr. Belknap be impeached, the Senate could not execute the constitutional provision which de? clares that he shall be removed from of? fice. If he were liable to impeachment, let it be understood that they were all, without exception, for impeachment; but if the House was establing a precedent which did not rest on the constitution, and which was dangerous for the future, he thought it right that the House should Sause and consider, by a report frem its udiciary Committee, the question of its right to make this impeachment. If the House could impeach a man not in office, it might go back and impeach Jefferson Davis ana John B. Floyd for conspira? cy. Robbins, of North Carolina, suggested that there was a great difference between a conviction on impeachment and a con? viction on indictment. In the latter case the man might be pardoned by the Ex? ecutive, but in the former case it could not be. As to the suggestion as to the impeachment of Jefferson Davis, he re? plied that it had been decided that a Sen? ator could not be impeached, not being an officer of the United States. The debate being closed, the House proceeded to vote on the resolutions, which were unanimously adopted. The Speaker appointed as the commit? tee to notify the Senate of the action of the House Messrs. Clymer, Robbins, Blacburn, Bass and Danforth. These members compose the Committee on the Expenditures of the War Department, making the report. Hot Bread and Dyspepsia. Qen. Thomas L. Clingman, writing to the North Carolina Agricultural Journal, tells some truths and offers suggestions about the causes and results of dyspepsia and indigestion, with especial reference to hot, doughy bread, which will apply to all parts of the country. Read, digest, and need: "It is said that the frying-pan is the great enemy to our people. There can e no doubt but that it has slain its thou? sands ; but hot bread is the slayer of ten thousands. While traveling in Eu? rope for eight months, I saw nothing but cold bread; nor did I, while there, see or hear anything that tended to induce me to believe that anybody in Europe had ever eaten a piece of hot bread. I inva? riably, however, found the bread good, and the people I saw appeared healthy and robust. Some, as the English and Germans, were especially so. With respect to the United States, the condition of things may be more striking? ly and pointedly presented by reference to individual cases. Many years since, I stopped at the house of an acquaintance ana on seeing him I said: "You are not looking as well as usual." "No," he re Elied, "I have the dyspepsia powerfully ad." When dinner was ready, there was an abundant supply of meat and well-baked corn bread. There was also however, something called biscuit, which was in fact, rather warm dough with much grease in it I saw that my host ate this freely with his meats. I re? marked that I did not wonder that he had the dyspepsia, for that I could not live a month in that way. I suggested that if he would eat well-baked corn bread, or, better still, light bread he* would not suffer the way he was doing. He answered vehemently, that he "would rather die than eat light bread." I re? plied, "This is a free country and you haye a right to die in this mode if you choose, and I have not the least doubt but that you will soon die." I then referred to cases in which I had known persons to die from such practices. My cool mode of discussing the question evidently made an impression on his wife. Next summer on meeting him, I said "You are looking much better." "Yes," he replied, bursting into a hearty laugh , "I followed your advice and took to eating light bread, and I am as well as I ever was in my life.'" ? The following is given in an ex? change as a sample Texas editorial: A few days ago the grand jury went so far as to indict a gentleman of this county for the mere act of having, while under the influence of liquor, shot and killed one of his neighbors. As to the acquit? tal of the accused there can be no doubt. Meauwhile, we trust the members of the grand jury, will not, by any further acts of this character, wound the self-respect and forfeit the regard of their fellow-citi? zens. ? A poor farmer can not conceal the fact that he is a poor farmer. All his surroundings proclaim the verdict against him?his horses, cattle, wagons, harness, plows, fences, fields, his wife and children, bear silent but unmistaka? ble evidence against him. On the other hand, all these things will testify favora? bly in behalf of the good farmer. Every passer-by can read tue evidence for and against." This fact alone ought to stimu? late every farmer to do his T>est{ for the sake of his character as well as interest ; for he may rest assured that those who see the evidence will pronounce judg? ment accordingly.